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carried out a numlxr of flights
Ty observation and reconnaissance'.
irse of which, in addition
araa brought down south of
raw reported m last night's commumqul,
mg in its own lines south of the Bois de
were dropped on the new
German railway station at Vigntetill.
Pans, Ocfoter 8*. "Osn aesoplanei twv« mfolated the fire of our guns and
in tli«- Sommc area. They
rid have bombarded Moislains and the
orth of !'•
HiiNM.li>. Petrograd, October ;**.
//(>• I'.altn:,~ On October jrd, when a raid of enemy sea
planes took pi landed and was captured by
land of Kunu. in the Gulf of Riga."
l'elrot>ra<i. Oitohir ~th.
fn tli- region of the /lota Una six aerial engagements
En the course of which Sob-Lieut, Orion" and
l.iein. %".tii. ttenko • B enemy aeroplane and fired in-
I it with success, the enemy aeroplane
coming down enveloped in Itl.e k smoke."
"•'Ihtn. Home. October Xth.
\ fat . in HA aeroptaeee, which wen- driven away by one
Rrtilli Pped bombs near Asiago Gallio and Fonzaso.
bill without doing any damage."
Ix'umr, October <jtk.
Ho i>l' ilir>ji|H'il bombs mi Gnguc (Sugana
Vail- t'ppei I'll.- Valley, on the Brads Lagoon, on
Monfalcon and 'lone /anno, doing a slight
aim.mil ol damage to buildu..
Roumanian. Bucharest, October »th.
"A squadron of eight German aeroplanes Best over
Km haiesl at i i o'clock and dropped boml>s in the neigh
bourhood <it the Owe da Nerd and on some linen warehouses.
Tin damage was in-igniii. ant. The enemy aviators left half-
an-hour lata
German. I:, rlin, October 4th.
"On the afternoon of dc.tohci .'ltd naval aeroplanes from
the serodrorae at /eebrugge pursued an enemy air squadron.
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BRITISH AIR WORK
im roUowing •emt-offietal Bcoonnt of the work of the British dying officers during the SomaM battle was Mned
in I 1.mi >• .in (tctobee 3rd :—
" Our British Allies are not in the habit of mentioning, as
we are. the names of the airmen who, like Guynemei.
Nungesser and Navarre, add without ceasing new Boche
machines to the total of casualties. They exist, however,
an 1 they have to their credit some superb records. One pilot,
I apt. Albert Ball, ao years of age, has brought down 29
in leroplanes and one Urachen. Like Nungesser, he
destroyed three machines in • single morning. Without,
twin veil sti,>pmg to consider the individual valour, let oa
look at the hemes of the British Army since July 1.2th.
During the month ol Jul) 46 German aeroplanes were brought
down, to welt- damaged and disabled, one was brought down
by anli aircraft batteries During August 18 German
machines were destroyed, §1 were brought down more or less
damaged, .mil one was brought down by gunfire September
till more brilliant Tp to the .:7th 50 enemy machines
were brought down, fie were fall under ver\ diltu ult condi-
ciona, one tun of anti-am ratt tire, and six Drachcns
wen burnt, making a total of i^i machines destroyed and
1 14 suffering a more or less disastrous fate. All this occurred
in the space of la weeks' tight. British raiders have not
shown themselves less active, for thev have dropped thousands
of tons of bombs every day on German territory or on land
tx copied In the (.« mans
1 he attack on lalvrcourt on September 25th deserves
Special mention foi i! was conducted with much skill and
audacity I he object was to interrupt traffic on the railway
irom lalle to Douat Trains were running south carrying
reserves or munitions for the battle of the Somroc, and it was
decided to attack them Patrols were first of all .-.cut over
the aerodromes 111 order to hold in check the German airmen
u ho had been able to interfere with the British pilots entrusted
OCTOBER 12, 1916.
In the course of a fight which developed an enemy aeroplane
was shot down. Our machines returned safely."
Berlin, October §th.
" Our airmen, who had already on the preceding days by
successful attacks caused damage to stores, troop camps and
railway premises, yesterday dropped numerous bombs, setting
ire to the railway station of Kozhishche and buildings on tie
. ommuiiication lines in the vicinitv."
Berlin, October 6th.
Vn airship and some airmen attacked with bombs tin
railway establishments and troop encampments north of the
Danube."
Berlin, October 7th.
" Five enemy aeroplanes were shot down in air tights or by
anti-aircraft guns. Capt. Boelke placed his thirtieth opponent
hars de combat."
Berlin, October gth.
" The greatest efforts are called for from our airmen on
observation dutv for our artillery and the airmen covering
them. The difficull tasks of the airmen on observation duty
can only be carried out if the protecting airmen keep off the
enemy airmen.
" An unprecedented number of air fights have taken place
and ended successfully for us.
" In September we leaf KJ aeroplanes in air fights, and one
machine is 'missing.
" The British and French losses are 97 in air fights. 25 shot
down from the ground and seven forced to land in our lines
—total 129. About half the enemy's losses were in his own
lines and the other hall in ours."
Austrian. Vienna, October ~,th..
" On Wednesday a squadron of our seaplanes dropped
bombs with very good results on the enemy seaplane station
near (dado and on military objectives at Monfalcone, San-
canziano and Staranzano. In spite of heavy firing, all our
seaplanes returned safely."
Turkish. Constantinople, October 3rd.
•tian Front.—Three epemy aeroplanes which 00
October 2nd. BOW over Fl Ansh and attempted to drop
bombs, were forced by our fire to beat a retreat. One
machine was damaged."
Constantinople, October 5/ft.
" On September 24th one of our airmen shot down a
British machine on the Felahieh front (on the Tigris)."
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A FRENCH TRIBUTE.
with the attack. Bombs emitting strong fumes and explosive
shells were thrown on the enemy aviation grounds, where
great excitement soon prevailed. While this was going on
attacking squadrons, with other aeroplanes in attendance-
crossed the sky, waiting for the opportune moment. The hr.-.t
train was seen to leave Libercourt at 1.40 p.m. The second
train was arriving on the line between Henin-Lietard and
Ostricourt. where it joins the main line. Capt. C and
his machine gunner, Sergt. J , descended to about
250 metres (about 800 ft.) over the first train, near Ostri
court, and successfully dropped six bombs. The engine was
hit and jumped the rails. Three coaches were telescoped, and
the maddened German soldiers got out of the carriages,
'looked for a way of escape towards Ostricourt, and in the
direction of a wood near by. But Capt. C— went still
lower, fired on the disorganised crowd, leaving numerous
dead and wounded on the ground. The second train then
arrived, but the first blocked the junction. Lieut. W
and his gunner earned out a manoeuvre similar to that of
Capt. C——. Three bombs fell right on to the train. The
German troops were panic-stricken and tried to flee across
the fields, but, followed by machine-gun lire, they had a
difficult task. No fewer than 100 were killed or wounded in
the two trains.
Attacking aeroplanes went to thp station at Libercourt,
on which thev* dropped 14 bombs. The buildings were blown
up and the railway destroyed. Several overturned wagons
obstructed the way in certain parts. Held in check every
where by advance patrols, German aeroplanes did not appear.
At one point one of these patrols destroyed an air shed, while
another, operating over Phalempin, caused a large fire,
probably in a petrol store. All the British machines
returned safely, after having put an enemy aeroplane to
flight which had ventured to approach the scene of their
its."
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